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He only has 1000 words left to discover what matters the most. See more »

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After stretching the truth on a deal with a spiritual guru, literary agent Jack McCall finds a Bodhi tree on his property. Its appearance holds a valuable lesson on the consequences of every word we speak. Full summary » | Full synopsis »

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Crew or equipment visible: (at around 53 mins) After Jack gets in the elevator with a semi-naked man, a black town car drives off. A boom mic and crew member are reflected in the car's right rear quarter panel.See more »

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[first lines] Jack McCall:My name is Jack McCall. If you can hear me, what you're listening to is not the sound of my voice. It's the sound of my inner voice, the one inside my head. I'd like to talk to you, but I can't. Because if I say just one more sentence out loud... I'll die.See more »

You will find reviews here using thousands of words in order to flame
this movie, clearly they didn't understand it. You will know why after
seeing it.

People are disappointed because they wanted to see an Eddy Murphy style
comedy, the problem is this ain't a comedy it is a drama with a very
good message. I loved Eddy Murphy in his first movies, he was a fast
talking joke machine, he still is but the jokes are the same and comedy
has moved on. For that matter I didn't like the comedy portion of this
movie too much but I was deeply touched by the drama version. The
solution to his problem is right in front of him and anyone who is
willing to give this movie a fair chance will see it too and exactly
this is what made the movie so strong because he is doing it all wrong
and you want to scream at the screen and tell him what to do and how to
do it.

In my opinion Eddy Murphy gave a partially brilliant performance. As I
said I didn't enjoy the comedy too much, it was some sort of best of
Eddy Murphy but when you are willing to accept that this is actually a
drama and understand the comedy part as the metaphor that it is you
will love this movie and maybe pull something valuable out of the
message. For the concept of the message Eddy Murphy was the best
possible actor for this role.

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